Policeman&#39;s club.



E. O. & I. I. CILLEY.

' PoLIcEMAN's CLUB.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 13 l|914.

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U TED sTATEs PATENT EAR-r. o.- CILLEY, or coNKLIN,- AND ITHIEL sr.GILLET,v or GRAND RAPIDS, MICHG'AN. i

PoLIcEMANs CLUB.

Specication of Letters Patent. ylfaigtgjxrhed Apr, 18, 1916.

' Application led April 13, 1914. Serial No. 831,669. I

To' all whom t may concern:

'l spectively, and State of Michigan, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Policemens Clubs, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to improvements in policemens clubs and likeweapons, and its objects are: First, to provide a club with whichanoiiicer may readily overcome a disorderly prisoner without permanentlyinjure ingk him. Second, to provide a weapon of the "kind with which anofficer may readily impregnate the air that a culprit must breathev witha strong volatile liquid that will strangle him into submissiveness.Third, to provide a weapon of the kind with which a strong pressure maybe maintained in one compartment yand the other compartment, containingthe volatilel liquid will be without pressure, but may be readily'connected with the compartment in which the pressure is conined, and,fourth, to provide a weapon of the kind that may be readily' charged andmanipulated by an oiiicer having occasion to use it. We attain these'objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying draw# ing, inwhich- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of one offk these implementsshowing the internal construction of the same. `Fig`. 21is an en-klarged longitudinal section of one end of the weapon showingl themanner/of applying the valve in the compression chamber. Fig. 3 is aplan of acomplete weapon of the'kind. Fig'. 4 hows a full sizedl handlefor the weapon with a piece of the body shown in section to disclose themanner vof connecting the two. Fig. 5 is a like view ofthe other end ofthe weapon. Fig. 6 is la sectional plan of the handle .showing a modiiedform of appliance for charging the compression chamber, and, Fig. 7indicates how the pressure for forcingthe liquid may be applied -whihmust be' so emily Secured upon the end of the handle as to withstand aneX- tremely high degree of pressure in the chamber in the body of theclub between the par-y tition 4 and the end of the handle 1, and shouldbe provided with a screw thread e on its surface to mesh closely with acorresponding screw thread in the' end of the body 1. The body 1 shouldbe made of a strong tube of brass or steel, or vother available metalthat may be painted or finished to closely represent an ordinary blackthorn policemans club. v

The body 2 is divided into two compartments by securely soldering orwelding a partition, ase, inside of the body. vA tubular extension, 8,is securely connected with the partition 41 and extends back nearly tothe back end of the body 2 where a valve seat is formed in its end forthe perfect sea-ting of the valve 9 so that no g'as or other substance,under pressure, can be forced,

through the tube 8 until the valve 9 has been unseated. An air andliquid tight bearing should be formed around the valvestem 9 next to theend 'of the handle 1, and for this purpose any available-form of packingmay be used, as suggested by the washers 13 and 15 with the packing lllbetween them. In Fig. 1, it will be noted, a spring 10 is placed in theend ofthe handlev 1 to press against a collar j on the valve stem toforce lthe valve 9" against the valve seat, and in' Fig. 2 this springis` shown within the pressure chamber. The latter form is preferable forthe reasons, first, that it obviates the necessity of boring a hole inthe end of thehandle 1 for chambering the spring, second, itavoids,

the handle 1, and be provided with a screw i thread b, or otheravailable means for firmly and conveniently securing the handle orflngerpiece 12, which passes out through the mortise d in the handle l inposition to rbe readily accessible with thefinger ofthe operator for thepurpose of drawing the valve off of its seat and thus form directcommunication between the chambers 17 and 1-8. In Fig. 2 the end a; ofthe valve stem 9 is shown smaller than the body of the stem so ablycentrally located, andwith an inclosing cork'L', that 'should fitclosely enough so as to insure against any leakage of any liquid thatmay be stored in the chamber 18. In the back end of the chamber 18 asliding piston should be placed, and so constructed thatno` air, gas orliquid can pass by uit, as indicated bythe barrel 7, the washer 5 andthe packing between the two, indicated at 6, or their equivalent in anyavailable'form. In the application of this club,the chamber 18 is to befilledvwith some very strong, volatile liquid, as strongerammonia, waterstrongly impregnated with oil of mustard, liquid formaldehyde, or othervextremely pungent, volatile liquid, and the chamber 17 is to be filledwith some material that iwill produceand retain avery high degree ofpressure, as sulfuric acid and marble dust, kindred substances so thatwhen the lvalve 9 is drawn from its seat in the tube 8 so the expansivegas may pass through into `the chamber 18 back of thepiston 7,`saidpiston will be forced yforward with V such force 'that the cork" it willbe blown out of' its seat and thevolatile liquid in the chamber-18will'be forced ythroug'h'the orifice g in an extremely fine spray, sothat if it should be directed against the breast of a fractions prisonerthe rapidly frising `fumes would tend to,l strangle and disarm theprisoner so he could be readily overpowered byl A the oiiicer, but willnot bey thereby permanently injured or :inconvenienced except for themoment of opposition to lawful arrest.

vf, in Figs'l and 2, merely suggests a screw for securing the packing 6between vthe ing'li as tovrender this washer 5 and the b`arre17 for thepurpose of forminga very close packing joint between the piston 7 andtheewall of the body 2. It

will be readily understood that with the ex'-v treme pressureVV in thelchamber 17 the washer 15 will be so firmly pressed against thepackpacking absolutely gas and pressure tight.

It will be readily appreciated that with a club thus equipped, thenecessity of using it as a club and badly disguringand injuring akfractious prisoner, or of resorting vto the use of re arms in extremecases, may,A

in manyinstances, be wholly avoided and the prisoner brought intosubjection with no actual damage, or danger of permanent y injury. Itwill be` readily understood that this implement may bemade operativewithout the piston 7, and also without the tubular valve-body 8, but itsaction would not be nearlyas satisfactory for the,A reasons, first,"`that with the piston 7 the liquid in the chamber '18 will always beconned within definite bounds and in a compact mass, while without thepiston, as soon'asla part. of the liquid has kbeen discharged thechamber will notbe full. andthe liquid would be free to splash from endtoend of the coinpartment, and when more 'than half of the liquid hasbeen discharged the position of the implement may' bel such as to renderits discharge' very unsatisfactory Iand yinef'ective, and with the valvebody 8 dispensed 80 with the length of the valve stem 9, necesv sary toseat-the valve on, the'- partition 4f might render the action of thepiston veryk unsatisfactory and u ncertain.v A

In Fig, 6 the stem a is shown as being made hollow and extending to theend ofthe. handle and provided with screw threads'lc' to whichaconductor from acompression chamber may be screwed for the purpose offilling the compartment 17 with compressed gas instead of placing theexpansible substance directly in said. compartment, thus dispensing withthe necessity'ot removing the handle for filling this com-y f, partment,and rendering the weapon much more cleanly and longer livedfthan l it..would be with the pressure lproducing cornpound within the chamber..When using n this construction it .is necessaryI to have a -CheCk valve,as m,` to prevent vthe -pressureilO from .escaping through kthefstemwhen the filling appliance is removed, and thefinflowing gas is allowedtop'ass throughthe openings 11. into the chamber 17. f j

In Fig. 7 all the parts are identicaljwith corresponding parts in otherviews, except thatvin this view we khave showna heavyr spring, 19, inthe compression chamber ,-17 that may be usedina cheaper'y line of,weapons for forcing the valvel 7.*forward' `to} forcey out the, volatile"liquid, instead of ap-: plying f pressure v.as hereinbefore describedIn this instrument .they partition 4 is dis+ pensedwith, as'` is, also,the valve`9fand-its` f seating tube 8. l t. f While this weaponmay'gvbe'fused kwith limited. success, .we would ystrongly advise the`other-'weapon as being much more conVen-,- ient to handle, moreeffective and morevpositive in its action.-

2,120 When filling the lform of v`club indicated in Fig. 7, withvolatile liquid, the plug 3 is' removed and the piston 7 isforcedback't0- ward the handlelby'm'eans of any formof availableimplement, as a Vrod 24, until the l Y catch 20engages an availablepoint in the, spring 19S or the piston, and vholds vit in place, lwhenthe plug isreinserted and the. piston held locked in place until adischarge of liquid is'ydesire'd when` the spring'mayibe' 130 releasedby pressing downward on the handle 2O until the catch 21 is disengagedfrom the spring or'piston. This catch is pivoted to the club, as at 28,and has an actuating spring 22 to hold it normally in contact with thespring 9.

What is claimed as new, have secured by Letters Patent of United States,is:

1. A policemans club having a tubular body divided into two compartmentsfor the storage of a volatile liquid in one compartment and a highpressure producing substance in the other compartment, and means fordischarging the volatile substance with the pressure from the pressurecompartment.

2. A policemans club having a tubular body, a permanently locatedpartition dividing said body into two compartments, one compartment forthe storage of a volaand desired to the Atile liquid and the othercompartment for the storage of pressure producing material, a handlefirmly secured into one end of the body and a plug firmly secured intothe other end of he body, a tube passing through the partition to apoint near the inner end of the handle, a valve tted to seat in the endof said tube, the stem of said valve extending back into the .handle andhaving a linger piece extending to position to be operated by the lingerto actuate the valve, and a liquid tight piston in the compartment onthe opposite side of: the partition.

8. A policemans club having a tubular body, a partition within said bodydividing it into two compartments, said partition having an openingtherethrough and a backwardly extending tube secured therein, a valveseat formed in the back end of said tube, a valve arranged to seat onsaid seat and to be actuated from the handle of the club, a spring forforcing said valve upon its seat, a plug in the end of the club, havinga longitudinal orifice therethrough and a temporary closing element orcork therein, and means for allowing the pressure to escape from thepressure chamber to the liquid chamber and force the liquid out throughthe orice to form a ne mist in the open atmosphere.

Signed at Grand'Rapids Michigan March 80, 1914. f

EARL O. CILLEY. ITI-HEL J. CILLEY.

In presence of- CARL L. ADAMS, A. W. SNoWDoN.

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` Washington. D. C.

